HA2 0.0 – Prologue

  Inside a huge indoor shooting range, Hide, Takeo, and Shizuka carried out a live-shooting drill. They have done such drill several times, so it was not alien thing anymore for them.

  First, Hide would supervise Takeo and Shizuka in turn. Then, he would carry out his own drill while in the back area Takeo and Shizuka calmly observed him.

  Beeb!!

  As soon as the timer started, five hologram targets appeared at a distance 4-8 meters in front of Hide. Wasting no time, he drew his VP9, held it with both arms forming a triangle as straight as possible, pointed the gun at the target, and fired double tap. It was pretty much standard counter-terrorist stance, and Hide combined it with instinctive shooting or aiming without sight.

  Ba-bang! Ba-bang! Ba-bang! Bang-bang!!!

  Some people would think it was dumb to aim without sight, but Hide managed to nail the targets in front of him with double tap in the head. Then, he just nailed the fifth target when another hologram target showed up, and it was not just an attacker hologram, but one that hid behind a hostage.

  Hide immediately switched into conventional stance. Left foot took a half-step forward, his left arm slightly bending downward, while his right arm remained as straight as possible, and then he took aim through the sight and gently squeezed the trigger.

  Bang!

  A perfect single shoot hit the attacker who hid behind the hostage at the right cheek, and the drill was completed. In a matter of seconds, Hide took out six targets, including one that hid behind a hostage, using two firing stances that fundamentally worked in an opposite philosophy.

  No matter how many times Takeo and Shizuka saw it, the way Hide carried out his shooting drill never failed to amaze them. The two had also trained using two firing stances, instinctive counter terrorist stance and conventional stance, but until now they never combined it in one flowing switch. The target for their drill was also only red circle hologram, not human shape hologram let alone one that hid behind a hostage.

  The scoring system was also different. As long as they hit the red circle hologram, they would get perfect score. While for Hide, the scoring was 10 for double in the head, 9 for single in the head, and 8 for double in the chest or center mass. And Hide added 11 for double in the balls in the scoring program.

  Then, as Hide cleared his gun and put it back to holster, Takeo and Shizuka walked over to him.

  “Hide,” Shizuka said while giving Hide an expectant gaze. “When I and Twig will have the same drill like you?”

  “When you two have solid foundation in both firing stances,” Hide calmly replied.

  “Speaking about taking aim without sight,” Takeo said. “Does every counter terrorist unit adopt it?”

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  “Actually, only a tier-one unit from Eisrel and CIA paramilitary adopt it as fundamental for their CQB.”

  “Wait a second,” Surprise looks filled Takeo’s face to the brim as he continued, “Do you mean not even Americ tier-one adopt it?”

  “Yeah,” Hide casually nodded. “Americ DEVGRU is very orthodox in their shooting doctrine. They faithfully stick to the sequence of aim, aimed, fired, and when they have the time they will definitely take aim with sight.

  As for Delta, they let their operators to decide on their own what stance works best for them. And so, a small portion of their operators, the one with a gift as natural shooter, use instinctive shooting, while the rest adopt orthodox approach like DEVGRU.”

  “What about our tier-one unit?” Takeo asked another question.

  “1st SFG follows Delta’s approach.”

  “Any specific reason on why Eisrel tier-one adopts instinctive shooting?”

  “I don’t know the background for this adoption,” Hide casually said. “What I know is, this Eisrel tier-one beat Delta, DEVGRU, GSG9, SAS, SBS, and lots of other tier-one unit in CQB match, both in one vs one and team vs team.”

  “They even beat Americ Delta?” Takeo asked in disbelief.

  “Yup.”

  “I thought Delta is the best tier-one unit.”

  “Well, the scariest part about Americ tier-one is not their shooting skill, sophisticated gear, advance training, massive support, or high success rate. The scariest parts about those dudes are their combat experience,” Hide casually said. “No tier-one unit in the whole planet is as combat-tested as Americ tier-one.

  And just so you know, Americ JFK Special Warfare Center and School doesn’t put their best effort on lethal means. They put it on HALO/HAHO training, advance combat medic training, and advance body development training. They put so much effort on this three to the point no special force school outside Americ can beat them on these three.

  They do such thing because their long combat experience tells them, those three trainings are the factors that help their tier-one operators to get the job done the most.”

  Takeo nodded and said, “I get it why advance combat medic is important for tier-one personnel, but why HALO/HAHO training is also very important?”

  “Unlike ground insertion, by using HALO/HAHO insertion the operators doesn’t need to waste too much time and energy to approach their target. They also can maintain element of surprise to the last moment,” Hide calmly explained. “And if you have capable air force, you will literally be able sending your operators to every corner of earth covertly.

  Also, more than half of the most experienced Americ Green Berets are being placed in HALO/HAHO team, and they have the highest combat rotation compare to other teams.”

  “What about the advance body development training? Is the training like what body builder does?”

  “Nope.” After a short pause Hide explained, “Let me give you an illustration. There is a South Korean football player who can play full match at every match the whole season because he never suffers injury and always in his best shape.

  In an interview, this player explain that the reason for his superb performance is because he always run 15 km across the soft sand in the beach every morning, five times a week, regardless what training he will have with his team on the day.

  But he never mentioned that his personal trainer is a former physiotherapist in JFK Special Warfare Center and School, or what kind of stretching he has to carry before and after the run, or why he has to limit his speed at exactly 6.5 km/h. As the result, tons of football players are ended up in hospital after a week or two of imitating his morning run.”

  Takeo nodded and said, “I see.”

  “Other question?”

  Takeo shook his head, while Shizuka turned her head to Hide and gave him a big question look.

  “How sure are you, that instinctive shooting is suitable for us?”

  “It works well for me at least. As for you, I can’t say for sure right now,” Hide honestly admitted. “But it’s not a problem.”

  “How can it’s not a problem?” Shizuka asked as she tilted her head to the side.

  “If instinctive shooting doesn’t work for you, you can switch to aim with sight. If double in the head doesn’t work for you, you can switch to single at the head or double on the chest,” Hide casually explained. “However, because we have enough resource to get the best result possible, we should give it a try before lowering our target.”

  “Okay,” Shizuka calmly said.

  After taking a few gulps of cold water, Hide then continued his drill until he spent 150 rounds in total.

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